Project Detail

REAL

Micheal Edo Keane

Synopsis

An unremarkable newsagents sits between a courthouse and a business centre. It’s here that sparks fly between well-dressed Kyle and the equally poised Jamie. Yet despite their composed outward appearances, both are struggling to move on from hardships they’d rather keep hidden. As their feelings for one another blossom, these difficult pasts resurface threatening their relationship before it has really even begun.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Love Strand - World premiere

Details

Year: 2019
Type of film: Features
Running time: 76 mins
Format: DCP
Director: Aki Omoshaybi 1st Feature
Producer: Aki Omoshaybi
Executive Producer: Nicholas Bryan, Aki Omoshaybi
Editor: Rebecca Lloyd
Screenwriter: Aki Omoshaybi
Director of Photography: Michael Edo Keane
Production Designer: Sofia Stocco
Sound: Raoul Brand, John Cohen
Composer: Luis Almau
Principal cast: Aki Omoshaybi, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Karen Bryson, Amy Manson

Genre

Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Small Long Productions

177 Munster Road
London
SW6 6BZ

omosebi@me.com

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